Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.

It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other.

Any man can turn traitor.

Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family again. Ever.

Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come

Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion.

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.